Africa
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Nov- 2020 -5 November
Elite European Anti-Jihadist Task Force Takuba Takes First Steps in Sahel
The Task Force Takuba's first mission was a sweep operation conducted in the lawless Mali-Burkina Faso border region last month, alongside local troops and French regulars.
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4 November
Gunmen Kill 8 in Central Mali Attack
Gunmen have killed eight people in central Mali, a local official and security ministry staffer said Wednesday, in the latest violence to hit the war-torn Sahel state.
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4 November
Ethiopia PM Orders Riposte After ‘Attack’ on Army Camp in Restive Tigray
Ethiopia declared a state of emergency in Tigray after PM Ahmed ordered a military response to a deadly attack by the ruling party of the restive region on a camp housing federal troops.
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3 November
Second Aid Worker Shot Dead in South Sudan in a Week
The United Nations said Tuesday that a second aid worker had been murdered in South Sudan this week in a vast and isolated region scarred by armed violence and lawlessness.
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3 November
French Airstrikes Kill Over 50 Qaeda-Linked Jihadists in Mali
The French government said Monday its forces had killed more than 50 jihadists aligned to Al-Qaeda in air strikes in central Mali.
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2 November
DR Congo Begins Disarmament of Rebels in Troubled Ituri
DR Congo's government has begun a process of disarming a rebel movement active in the restive province of Ituri for two decades, eight months after a peace agreement was signed.
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2 November
Gunmen Kill at Least 32 in Ethiopia ‘Massacre:’ Rights Agency
An armed group in Ethiopia's restive Oromia region has carried out a "horrendous" attack on civilians, the government said Monday, with one survivor saying dozens had died.
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2 November
Boko Haram ‘Kills 12’ in Raid Near Nigeria’s Chibok
Boko Haram jihadists on Sunday killed 12 people and abducted seven others in a raid on a village near the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok.
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Oct- 2020 -29 October
Mozambique Army Advances on Key Militia Base: Govt
Mozambican troops are honing in on a forest base camp belonging to insurgents terrorizing the gas-rich north, the government has said, signaling a significant advancement in the battle to regain control of the region.
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29 October
ADF Militia Kills at Least 15 in Eastern DR Congo
More than 15 people in DR Congo's troubled east have been killed by the Allied Democratic Forces, a militia blamed for hundreds of deaths this past year, local sources said on Thursday.
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